Railway-tie.



PATENTED JAN. 8, 1907 T. A. GALT.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 15, 1906.

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.greatfeconomy of-wood-the perishable por-- ling, inthe county ofWhiteside and State'of horizontal section of'oneendofthe tie on a vposition in the frame bythe flanges thereof and removable.retainingmembers insuch f be supported entirelyflup'on such wooden sectionsfiiThe'woedenportionofthe tie does which shall afiord a" firm yetelasticsup-- port to the rails like the ordinaryfwoodenr tie, butinwhich'th'e wooden bearing partwood is sufiicient for thebearing-portion of samefparts ingall theiviews.

web} portiona and etop flan es 2 and-bottom THOMAS A. GALT, OF STERLING,ILLINOIS.-

' RAI WAY- I Sfiecifieati'onof Letters :Patent'. i

PatentediJan. s, 1907.

Application mammar 15,1 0 Serum 10,296,199

To all tuho mfit may concern: 1

Be it "known'that I, THOMAS A. GALT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ster Illinois,* hav e invented certain new and-usefulImprovements in Railway-Ties,"ofwhich the following is a description,reference'being had to the accompanying drawings. forming' part of thisspecification. I -My invention relates to a railway-tie have; inga-frame or shell structure of channel or flanged iron and wooden bearingmembers for supporting the rails maintained ini-fix'ed manner that theymay be readily taken out" and replaced Whenever they have deterio.rrated by decay or wear without taking up the frame portion of the tie. vf

It has. for its'object theproducti'on of a tie maybe readily replacedinthe manner inen-I tioned wheneveriit becomes necessary. Inasmuch as acomparatively short length-"of .my improved tie-and as short lengths ofwood useless forordinary wooden ties can be utilized in my eonstructionit is ev'identthat I attain? tion of the, tie and a material whichis-stea d ily bec'eniinglmore scarce andcostly;

IILthe drawings, Figure l; is a perspective of a -tie= enibodying myinventionjFig; :2, a

plane, through the axes oi the-short connect-; ingbolts; and? Fig anendgyiewjof. the tie. I

The same numeralsofreferenceindicate. the

a Re rring tothe drawings the metal-name or shell -portion" of thetie?consists of t 'o pieces, of channekiron {1 11 having vertical:

flanges 31 d p s d .mwer yi't rd isewh other, the top-flanges being'preferably nar rhembersof the respective pairs. Thelugs 5 of. each pairare turned away from each other, as illustrated in-Fig. 2, in order thatthe space .between them may present a plane surf ace at the end, and theparts'arejsecuredto ether by shortbolts 6"through said lugs and t e ad.-

vjacerit pieces of channel-iron. The spacingbars 4 also serve asstops.orretaining members for the bearing portions of my tie, whichconsist of wooden sections 7, of such shape as to bereceivedand-fit-snugl between said {stops within thechannels ormed by thevflangesof the frame members 1 1., but which projecta short distanceabove the top thereof etween ;.the, flanges 2 2, ,so' that the railswill proportionsof the w'oodenport'ion of my tie, asii lustrated, aresuch that the rails may be secured thereto by ordinary iron spikes, such,as areused in putting down rails upon common woodenties, although, ofcourse, the

railsmay be fastenedto the-tie in any other suitable manner, ifdesired," The space between the wooden portions of-the tie may be-filledfiushwith'thetop of'the-flanges 2 with concrete "8, asillustrated in the drawings, or

it may be left open in, the process of constructin the tie and filled-inwith sand or {other ba last when the tie is laid in the road- 9o bed.'-I From the'construction described it will bereadilyvunderstoodq.thatwhen any wooden bearing-portion of a tie hasdeteriorated and itl isj deslredtogreplace it it may be readily removedl by taking- .out the spikes"' which fastenthe rail-to it andremoving-the adja anteater spacing and stop member 4, when it-"can bedriven 'out of the end of thejframe' l 7 structure of the tie and a'newwoodenlsect'ion-inserted andsecured in plaeewithout-in ny Waydisturbingorftearing up the .bedof.

upon. the Wooden 'ortio'n of thetie, hereinafterdescribed. l hese piecesof channel--or fla ed iron arespaced apart by-two: airs off, fiat arsorv strips 4, having their ends, ent, at right angles to, form lugs ,orl flanges 5 "the pairs of spacing-bars being-so dispose'd; that therails of the rai'l'way will respectively lie directly over the pointsmidway between the t; railwaytrac'k.

'ti'ons' andjiriwardly disposed top and bottom formingstops,-,andfbearing members "fitting the space between said s'topswithin 'theways thus-"fully'idescribed myinvention, 1

.e a rai w y-$ 6 1 v l e -"1 oS d o wsmembers' hay ng vert l pjo rim ,ting against said stops, and-removablestops members forming. stopscongistingfloffiat 2; In'a railway-tie, a frame or shellof flanged ironforming Ways for the insertion of bearing members, stops intermediatethe center of. the tie and the bearing members, l elastic bearingmembers in said ways abutting against said stops, and removable stopsabutting against the 0 )posite and outer ends ofsaid bearing members tohold them in place. t

I 3. In a railway-tie, a frameor shellof flanged iron forming ways forthe insertion of bearing members-,spacing members inter-- mediate thecenter of the tie and the bearing s members secured tothe .frame.members. .to secure them together and. also 'servin as stops, bearingmembers in said ways :a ut-w abut-ting against the outer ends-offsaidbear-. ing members to hold them-in place.

'4. In a railway-tie, a frameor shell. comtions and inwardly-disposd topand bottom" flanges forming ways,. two "fimrsizof" spacing 1stripshaving their ends bentat right-an 16S. to form lugs, the lugs 10feach pair beingj, 's-H posed away from each other randlse'cureidrto theframe .membersi-by bolts, and hearing- -3 members consisting of wooden,sections disposed between said spacing and stop members within saidways;

5. In. a railway-tie, a frame or shell composed of twomembers-havingvertical portions and inwardly dis osed top and bottom said Ways, andmeans for securing the frame members together and the bearingmembersinplace withoutperforating the latter.

narrower :thamtheqlower; earing members consisting of Wooden sectionsfitting Within .saidways andflhaving their-upper-surfaces egrojectingaboveotheaupper surface of the ramemembers; and means for securing theframe members-:together: and the bearing membersin place betweenthem.

THOMAS A. GALT Witnesses:

O. H'.-lUmE;- i i GA'LT;

a. railw'aytie, a frame or shell com--- posedfof two member's havi-ngvertical por tions and inwardly idisposed top and bottom flangcsi'ormingways; the u gperflanges being

